Game apparatus.



PATENTED JULY 28, 1903.

r. 0. RING. GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7 1902.

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PATENT FRANCISC. RING, OF CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO E. W. BLOSSOM, DANIEL A.LAKIN, AND ANNIE ELIZABETH RING, OF CONCORD, MAS- SAOHUSETTS.

GAM E APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 734,752, dated July 28,1903.

Application filed November 7, 1902- Serial No. 130,433. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS G. RING,of Concord, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and andalso to catch a ball thrown by another player.

The invention consists in the improved device which I will now proceedto describe and claim.

The accompanying drawing represents a longitudinal section of a ballthrowing and catching device embodying my invention.

Myimproved device comprises, first, a handle a, formed to beconveniently grasped and held by the 'operators hand, the said handlebeing substantially straight; secondly, a tube 6, formed on or affixedrigidly to the handle a and extending in the same direction as thelatter, and, thirdly, a flaring mouth I) to facilitate the entrance of aball into the tube. The

1 tube bis closed at its inner end and is of substantially uniforminternal diameter.

travel in a path which is approximately in line with the tube. The ball0, which may be an ordinary tennis-ball, is formed to it loosely in theinterior of the tube. The handle and tube may be made of aluminium orany other suitable material, the construction being such that the tubeis rigidly supported by the handle and constitutes in itself a rigidstructure, as distinguished from a net or flexible bag.

It will be seen that the operator grasping the handle a is enabled toaccurately throw a ball by giving the device a forcible swingingmovement. It will also be seen that the device may be conveniently usedfor catching a ball thrown by another player.

I claim A ball throwing and catching device comprising a handle, a tubeextending substantially in line with the handle and of substan tiallyuniform internal diameter, and a flaring mouth at the outer end of thetube to faci1i-. tate the entrance of a ball into the tube, the

length of the tube being greater than its di ameter, whereby themovement given to a ball thrown by the device is approximately alinedwith the tube.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANCIS O. RING. Witnesses:

WVALTON C. TAF'I, EUsrAon W. BLossoM.

